IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1991-92
P | W | L | Pts | |
Drimnagh Dynamos | 14 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
Snowcream Wexford | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
Brunell | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
Carrick-on-Shannon | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Eagles [Kildare] | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Thor Sporting Belfast | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Keltic | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Athlone | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
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Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
2nd Place Playoff | ||||
Snowcream Wexford | 76 | Brunell | 69 |
[7]
IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1992-93
P | W | L | Pts | |
Oscar Taylor’s Killester | 12 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
Carrick-on-Shannon | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
Brunell | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Sporting Belfast | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Eagles | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Keltic | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Elan Athlone | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
[3]
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
Final | ||||
Carrick-on-Shannon | 57 | Oscar Taylor’s Killester | 59 |
IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1993-94
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[4]
P | W | L | Pts | |
Snowcream Wexford | 14 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
Slevin Group Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
Carrick-on-Shannon | 14 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
Silken Thomas Eagles | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Elan Athlone | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
Dublin Crusaders | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
Dublin Celtic | 14 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
2nd Place Playoff | ||||
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 71 | Sporting Belfast | 63 |
[8][9]
IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1994-95
P | W | L | Pts | |
Brunell | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
Atlantic Ballybunnion | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
Eagles | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
Athlone | 12 | 1 | 11 | 14 |
[5]
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
Promotion Playoff | ||||
Atlantic Ballybunnion | 69 | Oscar Taylor Killester | 51 |
[11]
IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1995-96
P | W | L | Pts | |
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
Athlone | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
Silken Thomas Eagles | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
TNT Killester | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
Sporting Belfast | 12 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
Castleisland | 12 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
Coasters | 12 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
[6]
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
Semi-Finals | ||||
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 45 | Killester | 44 | |
Eagles | 72 | Athlone | 55 | |
Final | ||||
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle | 74 | Eagles | 61 |
[9]
IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1996-97
P | W | L | Pts | |
Buckley Sports Blarney | 12 | 12 | 0 | 36 |
TNT Killester | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
Firhouse Coasters | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
Sporting Belfast | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
Riverisland Castleisland | 12 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
Silken Thomas Eagles | 12 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
Atlantic Ballybunnion # (-1) | 12 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
[10]
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
Semi-Finals | ||||
Final | ||||
Killester | 79 | Buckley Sports Blarney | 75 ot |
Report
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The Irish Basketball Association rebranded the Ladies National Basketball League as the Women’s National League in 1991. Division 2 was the Second Tier.
Drimnagh Dynamoes would win the Division in 1991-92 on a 10-4 record, but lose the Final 62-44 to Snowcream Wexford. The following year Killester would top the league on 10-2 and defeat Carrick-on-Shannon, by two points 59-57 in the Final.
Snowcream Wexford would be back in Division 2 after one season in Division 1 and would win the title with 13 wins from 14 matches. The 1994-95 season would see a drop in the number of teams to five as Brunell of Cork took the title with a 9-3 record. MSB wouuld take the title in 1995-96 with a 9-3 record and defeat Eagles of Kildare 74-61 in the Final.
Following the 1996-97 season which was won by Blarney with an unblemished 12-0 record, though they lost the Final to Killester in Overtime, 79-75, it was decided to merge Divisions 1 & 2 into one Super League, with a Regional League below this.
References
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Articles
[2] (1992) “Citrus Spring League Final standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 7
[3] (1993) “WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 24. April 1993 pp. 15-17
[4] (1994) “Budweiser Superleague Final”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 27. March 1994 pp. 16-17
[5] (1995) “Gateaux Women’s League Final Standing”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 30. March 1995 pp. 30
[6] (1996) “MSB return to top flight”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pp. 29
Sources
[7] (1992) “North Mon plough into stars: DETAIL”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1992. pp. 3224-25.
[8] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 28, 1994. pp. 26-27.
[9] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 24-25.
[10] (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 3, 1997. pp. 28-29.
[11] (1995) “Basketball Reults”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 13, 1995. pp. 14-15.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.
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